Blogs from Keystone, Colorado, United States, North America

Jan 28th, 2011 Donna my Bride, Shane my middle Son and Jeff Carr, my Brother in Law , who retired Dec 2010 . Friday it was 67 degrees in Denver so we decided to go skiing at Keystone. It was a beautiful day , the weather was perfect and the slopes had lots of snow. We stayed on the slopes for five hours with a 30 minute break-no broken bones. There was a few falls, I would like to blame someone for my falls, but I guess I will take full blame for them. Jeff had not been on skis for about four years and he did great, a few falls, but nothing major. What a great day we had!!... read more

It was snowing in Keytstone today, Saturday. It was a great day skiing with Jon, Jennie, Sarah, and Jason who was visiting from chi town. We went all the way to the back of the mountain down the run wolverine, which borders the boundary of the mountain. Most of the run is through trees, but its not too dense, you can get some speed and still be in control. We ended up skiing out of bounds for some of the time which was nice because there were not many tracks there, lots of fresh snow. On the second time down I had gathered my confidence and was skiing well. I was going with good speed and bumped into a branch of a tree and fell, but I got up and was alright. It was a fun ... read more

Leaving Aspen, heading towards Breckenridge we were amazed by the number of ski resorts along I-70. If you live in Denver within an hour and a half maximum, you can ski Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, Buttermilk, Beavercreek, Vail, Copper Mountain, Ski Cooper, Loveland Pass, Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe; to name a few. Breck like so many of these resorts has a massive ski-able area and can hold a huge skier capacity - 100,000 people. That’s like the total populations of the cities Leduc and Red Deer skiing the same mountain on the same day and there would still be room for a few more. Jasper’s capacity relative is about 4,400. It’s the first time that we have seen chairlifts that cross over each other like a freeway; it was a little freaky. The longest ski run here ... read more